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Today's Topics:
1. AO-73 Frequency Shifts (Albert Ozias)
2. Re: Fwd: AMSAT Critical Election (Zach Metzinger)
3. Re: Reply to W5PFG's letter of 10 July 2020 (Jean Marc Momple)
4. Re: Save the Alabama Space Camp! (Robert MacHale)
5. Re: AO-73 Frequency Shifts (Graham Shirville)
6. Re: AO-73 Frequency Shifts (Albert Ozias)
7. Once again, because I am being asked . . . (Brennan Price)
8. Re: AO-73 Frequency Shifts (Peter Goodhall (2M0SQL))
9. Re: AMSAT Critical Election (Howie DeFelice)
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Message: 1
Date: Thu, 30 Jul 2020 16:17:07 +0000
From: Albert Ozias <alozias@????.???>
To: "amsat-bb@?????.???? <amsat-bb@?????.???>
Subject: [amsat-bb] AO-73 Frequency Shifts
Message-ID:
<MWHPR02MB241477A78FF688109382AF89C0710@?????????????.????????.????.???????.??
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Why is AO-73 frequency more effected by time in sunlight than other birds?
Is this a design flaw or a component failure?
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Message: 2
Date: Thu, 30 Jul 2020 11:04:22 -0600
From: Zach Metzinger <zmetzing@?????.???>
To: amsat-bb@?????.???
Subject: Re: [amsat-bb] Fwd: AMSAT Critical Election
Message-ID: <DC8059A4-B21C-45D8-A1AF-F5188A0D2FD6@?????.???>
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On July 30, 2020 9:59:14 AM MDT, Ray Soifer via AMSAT-BB
<amsat-bb@?????.???> wrote:
> It cannot
>be directly accessed from North America but there is nothing to prevent
>a North American ham from accessing it through a gateway via the
>Internet.?
Has this changed? The last I knew, this was prohibited by some regulation or
the rules of the satellite provider.
--- Zach
N0ZGO
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Message: 3
Date: Thu, 30 Jul 2020 21:17:42 +0400
From: Jean Marc Momple <jean.marc.momple@?????.???>
To: Greg <almetco@???????.???>
Cc: AMSAT <amsat-bb@?????.???>
Subject: Re: [amsat-bb] Reply to W5PFG's letter of 10 July 2020
Message-ID: <7707463D-F763-40D0-B888-45F46EDC7812@?????.???>
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Joseph,
Somehow partly agree with you, seems that the elected directors we voted for
and now opponents are not being able to sit around a table and resolved
simple matters such as ego, generation conflict etc..
In the meantime US (ITU Americas Region) is behind particularly with QO-100,
seems that AMSAT-DL had a better vision and also showing better results than
AMSAT-NA, more working united.
Thus I tend to agree with you that we need new blood at the board which
hopefully will have a plan and vision for the future (not easy, I agree) but
at least the internal war should stop asap in order to achieve same.
My one cent input and opinion as a member of AMSAt-NA (and DL)
73
Jean Marc (3B8DU)
> On Jul 27, 2020, at 10:52 PM, Greg via AMSAT-BB <amsat-bb@?????.???> wrote:
>
> Joseph,
>
> Agree?.
>
> The optics of their defense saying they are making AMSAT better just isn?t
there. Why? Its a volunteer organization, funded by grants, dues and
volunteer labor. It is not the C-suite or BOD of an S and P 100. Firing
lawyer letters back and forth is an ego contest in their best interests, not
the organizations. That includes both sides.
>
> Greg
> N3MVF
>
>
>
> On Jul 27, 2020, at 2:42 PM, Joseph Armbruster via AMSAT-BB
<amsat-bb@?????.???> wrote:
>
> Patrick,
>
> I am an AMSAT Life Member and i'm just going to ask you, can you
> please step down from being an AMSAT director? It's obviously not
> working out well for you (and others). I mean, we can all see why
> AMSAT is blowing money on attorneys now.... This is a concrete reason
> to NOT to vote for anyone that you or Michelle Thompson recommend.
> Spamming the BB with a letter like this, is highly unprofessional and
> does not bring you much credibility in my book. These are the kinds
> of matters that professionals resolve privately. By sending this to
> the BB, I can only assume that all you and Michelle want attention.
>
> Well, congratulations for possibly leading to more AMSAT funds being
> blown on useless legal nonsense, instead of actual satellite work.
> This is outstanding, officer / director work for the organization and
> I personally do NOT thank you for it.
>
> Honestly though, this is just getting stupid. Just because people are
> voted onto a board or into a position of office, doesn't mean that the
> people voted in are any good for the job or working with the
> organization. Or... even know how to work well with others. In any
> election, there are masses of uninformed voters and/or individuals
> that run under false-pretenses. Just look at the last Florida
> gubernatorial election and where Andrew Gillum ended up (naked, asleep
> in his own vomit, with an escort overdosed on meth)... Gooooooooo,
> democracy.
>
> The directors that are putting AMSAT through this should all step
> down, immediately. Just because you were duly elected, doesn't mean
> you are doing a good job or representing AMSAT well (All attempts at
> virtuosity aside). Do us all a favor, step down from your positions
> please. This is the best service you can offer AMSAT.
>
> Thank You,
> Joseph Armbruster
> KJ4JIO
>
> On Mon, Jul 27, 2020 at 1:02 PM Patrick STODDARD (WD9EWK/VA7EWK) via
> AMSAT-BB <amsat-bb@?????.???> wrote:
>>
>> Hi.
>>
>> The following is the text of a letter sent on behalf of Michelle
>> Thompson W5NYV and me to AMSAT President Clayton Coleman W5PFG,
>> along with everyone who co-signed Clayton's letter of 10 July 2020.
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> Patrick Stoddard, WD9EWK/VA7EWK
>> http://www.wd9ewk.net/
>> Twitter: @?????? or http://twitter.com/WD9EWK
>>
>>
>>
>> *********************************
>> Text of forwarded letter is below
>> *********************************
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> July 27, 2020
>>
>> AMSAT Board Members
>> Clayton Coleman, President
>>
>>
>> Dear Sirs and Madam:
>>
>> I am writing in my capacity as counsel to Michelle Thompson and Patrick
>> Stoddard regarding the letter to members entitled ?AMSAT Leadership
>> Explains 2018-2020 Legal Expenses? posted on July 10, 2020 (?Letter?).
>> Through the course of my representation of my clients, I know that
>> information included in this letter is patently false and defamatory
>> and has resulted in reputational harm to Ms. Thompson and Mr. Stoddard.
>> On behalf of my clients, I demand that appropriate corrective action be
>> taken to address these falsehoods and prevent further harm to their
>> reputations.
>>
>> The most egregious falsehood, among several, is the statement that
>> AMSAT is ?under attack? by my clients. Ms. Thompson and Mr. Stoddard
>> have consistently worked to improve AMSAT ? and have done nothing to
>> attack or undermine the organization they support. It is true that my
>> clients have worked diligently to evaluate the mission, activities,
>> finances, and procedures of AMSAT. Specifically, they have taken steps
>> to increase the financial transparency of AMSAT, enforce the provisions
>> of its existing bylaws, and obtain access to corporate and financial
>> documents. They have done all of this work as volunteers, deeply
>> invested in the well-being and success of AMSAT as an organization.
>> While I understand that certain AMSAT officials may interpret my
>> clients? actions to be critical of their personal actions, it is simply
>> not true that AMSAT as an organization is ?under attack.? The broad
>> dissemination of a statement to the contrary is false, harms Ms.
>> Thompson?s and Mr. Stoddard?s ability to serve AMSAT and calls into
>> question their integrity.
>>
>> As you know, Ms. Thompson and Mr. Stoddard were improperly denied
>> access to AMSAT?s corporate records. They had to retain my firm just to
>> be able to carry out their corporate responsibilities as Directors.
>> They now are questioning the propriety of the legal expenditures as
>> they have not been given any evidence that these expenses were ever
>> approved by board action, much less in advance of the engagement, as is
>> required by Article II, Section 1 of AMSAT?s bylaws. One of the
>> principal fiduciary responsibilities of all board members is to obey
>> the provisions of the organization?s governing documents. Rather than
>> ?disrupt and possibly defame? or ?publicly attack the integrity and
>> honor? of AMSAT Officers and Directors, Ms. Thompson and Mr. Stoddard
>> have merely been trying to review whether the AMSAT board has met this
>> important fiduciary obligation.
>>
>> You noted, ?[t]he only powers that Directors have is when the Board is
>> in session and Board members make their vote? ? and yet, we are not
>> aware of any Board meeting in which this Letter was discussed. The fact
>> that five of the current Directors have decided to sign this letter
>> without conferring as a Board is good evidence that Directors may
>> choose to exercise his or her individual oversight role in the absence
>> of a Board meeting.
>>
>> In conclusion, my clients are doing their best to improve financial
>> transparency and good governance in AMSAT. We agree that ?a poisonous
>> atmosphere makes it impossible for good ideas to be heard? and my
>> clients both wish to create instead an ?atmosphere of collaboration and
>> common purpose.? They ran on a reform platform and were duly elected by
>> the members to carry out that mandate.
>>
>> With this letter, Ms. Thompson and Mr. Stoddard formally request that
>> the Letter be retracted and removed from AMSAT?s public website.
>> Alternatively, the Letter should, in consultation with my clients, be
>> corrected to accurately reflect the reality of their interactions with
>> AMSAT and its Board. Given that the unfounded accusations against my
>> clients harm their reputation and question their integrity, we request
>> action be taken no later than ten (10) days after the receipt of this
>> demand.
>>
>> We look forward to your prompt attention to this matter.
>>
>> Sincerely,
>> Carolyn A. Klamp, Counsel
>>
>>
>> cc: Dr. Tom Clark
>> Keith Baker,
>> Jerry Buxton,
>> Dr. Mark Hammond,
>> Paul Stoetzer,
>> Martha Saragovitz,
>> Robert Bankston,
>> Drew Glasbrenner,
>> Bruce Paige
>> Michelle Thompson
>> Patrick Stoddard
>> _______________________________________________
>> Sent via AMSAT-BB@?????.???. AMSAT-NA makes this open forum available
>> to all interested persons worldwide without requiring membership.
Opinions expressed
>> are solely those of the author, and do not reflect the official views of
AMSAT-NA.
>> Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support the amateur satellite program!
>> Subscription settings: https://www.amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb
> _______________________________________________
> Sent via AMSAT-BB@?????.???. AMSAT-NA makes this open forum available
> to all interested persons worldwide without requiring membership. Opinions
expressed
> are solely those of the author, and do not reflect the official views of
AMSAT-NA.
> Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support the amateur satellite program!
> Subscription settings: https://www.amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb
>
> _______________________________________________
> Sent via AMSAT-BB@?????.???. AMSAT-NA makes this open forum available
> to all interested persons worldwide without requiring membership. Opinions
expressed
> are solely those of the author, and do not reflect the official views of
AMSAT-NA.
> Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support the amateur satellite program!
> Subscription settings: https://www.amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb
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Message: 4
Date: Thu, 30 Jul 2020 18:46:17 +0000 (UTC)
From: Robert MacHale <robert.machale@?????.???>
To: AMSAT BB <amsat-bb@?????.???>, Clint Bradford
<clintbradford@???.???>
Subject: Re: [amsat-bb] Save the Alabama Space Camp!
Message-ID: <778131869.9667301.1596134777920@????.?????.???>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8
Thanks for sharing - I made a small contribution to their GoFundMe page.
I hope everyone at AmSat remembers to make a minimal contribution.
73
[1] For reference:?https://charity.gofundme.com/o/en/campaign/savespacecamp?
Robert MacHale
. KE6BLR FCC Licensed Radio Operator?
.?http://www.aprsat.com/predict
.?http://www.spaceCommunicator.club?
. Supporting Boy Scout Merit Badges in Radio, Robotics, and Space Exploration
Silly Joke:?What did the little mountain say to the bigger mountain? Hi Cliff!
He who dares not offend cannot be honest. -- THOMAS PAINE
There is nothing noble in being superior to your fellow men. True nobility
lies in being superior to your former self. -- ERNEST HEMINGWAY
On Wednesday, July 29, 2020, 09:57:51 PM PDT, Clint Bradford via AMSAT-BB
<amsat-bb@?????.???> wrote:
The Alabama Space & Rocket Center is in financial trouble. Article and below
that is this GoFundMe site:
almost $500K of the needed $1.5MIL.
https://www.cnn.com/2020/07/29/us/us-space-rocket-center-alabama-close-donatio
n-scn-trnd/index.html?fbclid=IwAR0aBojasSdZeQaq_c8ne4b4Yg5PfoFOsGJVjsMFmnvOxBA
KkX6gtFRq4d0
<https://l.facebook.com/l.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.cnn.com%2F2020%2F07%2F29%2Fu
s%2Fus-space-rocket-center-alabama-close-donation-scn-trnd%2Findex.html%3Ffbcl
id%3DIwAR1qTOR-9DKfe8glAfivExH-_oI9w92DfcA34n1rPQ_qf3J9FGzsIjuaurE&h=AT3Gwih9F
Cs9ZfVClg77g2qXyCAndR30ScZVsx3YoLLdO1av-tgJvXvWS2I9U1DxU4QW_0rLvcIu_btZfptCKLl
98RO0wZmUJwfkFRN9YoV_HgKfvi2GpT0eO3ni5QDHAetApESYgpCt2cdjfW8Kl84&__tn__=-UK-R&
c[0]=AT3VXw0LbytwM1NPZHbS8HQaDVAobjtzvacmuT0WwY_w4LDmwBMPBOZhlBZcfnb4LwpKPMllF
BW6fjqa-qrDTiFIrFY-4dXTPxEsbbhzomGvdqOmBBjtzL93CeWiVhKldQtJRG8OJqry5eD_E4YDn84
7j4BLb0ajvEG5IN_Ys1nZC1JjE9o3WH2F4wYdT7-5EEFASSsQFAMldH1sqpLkrw>
https://charity.gofundme.com/o/en/campaign/savespacecamp
<https://charity.gofundme.com/o/en/campaign/savespacecamp>
Clint Bradford K6LCS
PS Thought we had an Alabama ham around here ? Guess he hasn't heard of this
wonderful institution!
_______________________________________________
Sent via AMSAT-BB@?????.???. AMSAT-NA makes this open forum available
to all interested persons worldwide without requiring membership. Opinions
expressed
are solely those of the author, and do not reflect the official views of
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Message: 5
Date: Thu, 30 Jul 2020 19:58:17 +0100
From: Graham Shirville <graham@?????????.???>
To: Albert Ozias <alozias@????.???>, "amsat-bb@?????.????
<amsat-bb@?????.???>
Subject: Re: [amsat-bb] AO-73 Frequency Shifts
Message-ID: <8dc7723c-d727-36f5-f7e5-21e72054de45@?????????.???>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8; format=flowed
Hi Albert,
Not really a design flaw but more a design feature.
Basically, the designers were being shouted at to "keep the power
consumption to a minimum" by the power budget supremo...when the
oscillator circuits were designed, way back, low power equated to poor
thermal drift performance...now we have better technology but back then
it was a reasonable trade off.
Coming up next month, AO73-FUNcube-1 will be back in full sunlight so
the onboard temperatures will stabilise again.
I hope you can still enjoy using the transponder!
73
Graham G3VZV for the FUNcube team.....
On 30/07/2020 17:17, Albert Ozias via AMSAT-BB wrote:
> Why is AO-73 frequency more effected by time in sunlight than other birds?
Is this a design flaw or a component failure?
> _______________________________________________
> Sent via AMSAT-BB@?????.???. AMSAT-NA makes this open forum available
> to all interested persons worldwide without requiring membership. Opinions
expressed
> are solely those of the author, and do not reflect the official views of
AMSAT-NA.
> Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support the amateur satellite program!
> Subscription settings: https://www.amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb
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Message: 6
Date: Thu, 30 Jul 2020 19:11:32 +0000
From: Albert Ozias <alozias@????.???>
To: Graham Shirville <graham@?????????.???>, "amsat-bb@?????.????
<amsat-bb@?????.???>
Subject: Re: [amsat-bb] AO-73 Frequency Shifts
Message-ID:
<MWHPR02MB2414A9A14B846D339826AE64C0710@?????????????.????????.????.???????.??
?>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1"
Thank you for the explanation. I do enjoy the bird but it is a challenge
which seems to limits the number of operators using it.
________________________________
From: Graham Shirville <graham@?????????.???>
Sent: Thursday, July 30, 2020 11:58 AM
To: Albert Ozias <alozias@????.???>; amsat-bb@?????.??? <amsat-bb@?????.???>
Subject: Re: [amsat-bb] AO-73 Frequency Shifts
Hi Albert,
Not really a design flaw but more a design feature.
Basically, the designers were being shouted at to "keep the power
consumption to a minimum" by the power budget supremo...when the
oscillator circuits were designed, way back, low power equated to poor
thermal drift performance...now we have better technology but back then
it was a reasonable trade off.
Coming up next month, AO73-FUNcube-1 will be back in full sunlight so
the onboard temperatures will stabilise again.
I hope you can still enjoy using the transponder!
73
Graham G3VZV for the FUNcube team.....
On 30/07/2020 17:17, Albert Ozias via AMSAT-BB wrote:
> Why is AO-73 frequency more effected by time in sunlight than other birds?
Is this a design flaw or a component failure?
> _______________________________________________
> Sent via AMSAT-BB@?????.???. AMSAT-NA makes this open forum available
> to all interested persons worldwide without requiring membership. Opinions
expressed
> are solely those of the author, and do not reflect the official views of
AMSAT-NA.
> Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support the amateur satellite program!
> Subscription settings: https://www.amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb
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Message: 7
Date: Thu, 30 Jul 2020 19:17:32 +0000 (UTC)
From: Brennan Price <brennanprice@???????.???>
To: AMSAT BB <amsat-bb@?????.???>
Subject: [amsat-bb] Once again, because I am being asked . . .
Message-ID: <695362984.8080672.1596136652366@????.?????.???>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8
I have previously addressed the bylaws requirement of Article III, Section 3:
<<Duly nominated and eligible candidates . . . shall have use of the
corporation?s mailing lists for election-related purposes at no cost to the
corporation.>>
I construed this section to mean the postal mailing list, and the list
provided to candidates who chose to accept it contained only names, call
signs, and postal addresses.?
Beyond the previously described conditions on the duration of access and
agency necessary to comply with data protection regulations, I have not and
will not micromanage how candidates choose to use or cross-reference this
list to public databases for election-related purposes, as it wouldn't be
appropriate for me to do so.
73,
Brennan Price, N4QX
Secretary, Radio Amateur Satellite Corporation
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Message: 8
Date: Thu, 30 Jul 2020 21:55:00 +0100
From: "Peter Goodhall (2M0SQL)" <peter@????????.??.??>
To: Albert Ozias <alozias@????.???>
Cc: "amsat-bb@?????.???? <amsat-bb@?????.???>
Subject: Re: [amsat-bb] AO-73 Frequency Shifts
Message-ID:
<CAFvUaioxi+KpYE5s4eiW63=fvz-Es7DM99w4Sn2M-PDoiC=maA@????.?????.???>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8"
Shouldn't be too much challenge, just use it manually without PC
control and its straightforward.
AO-73 is much for fun when twiddling both the vfos by hand.
Peter, 2M0SQL
On Thu, 30 Jul 2020 at 20:13, Albert Ozias via AMSAT-BB
<amsat-bb@?????.???> wrote:
>
> Thank you for the explanation. I do enjoy the bird but it is a challenge
which seems to limits the number of operators using it.
>
> ________________________________
> From: Graham Shirville <graham@?????????.???>
> Sent: Thursday, July 30, 2020 11:58 AM
> To: Albert Ozias <alozias@????.???>; amsat-bb@?????.??? <amsat-bb@?????.???>
> Subject: Re: [amsat-bb] AO-73 Frequency Shifts
>
> Hi Albert,
>
> Not really a design flaw but more a design feature.
>
> Basically, the designers were being shouted at to "keep the power
> consumption to a minimum" by the power budget supremo...when the
> oscillator circuits were designed, way back, low power equated to poor
> thermal drift performance...now we have better technology but back then
> it was a reasonable trade off.
>
> Coming up next month, AO73-FUNcube-1 will be back in full sunlight so
> the onboard temperatures will stabilise again.
>
> I hope you can still enjoy using the transponder!
>
> 73
>
> Graham G3VZV for the FUNcube team.....
>
> On 30/07/2020 17:17, Albert Ozias via AMSAT-BB wrote:
> > Why is AO-73 frequency more effected by time in sunlight than other
birds? Is this a design flaw or a component failure?
> > _______________________________________________
> > Sent via AMSAT-BB@?????.???. AMSAT-NA makes this open forum available
> > to all interested persons worldwide without requiring membership.
Opinions expressed
> > are solely those of the author, and do not reflect the official views of
AMSAT-NA.
> > Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support the amateur satellite program!
> > Subscription settings: https://www.amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb
> _______________________________________________
> Sent via AMSAT-BB@?????.???. AMSAT-NA makes this open forum available
> to all interested persons worldwide without requiring membership. Opinions
expressed
> are solely those of the author, and do not reflect the official views of
AMSAT-NA.
> Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support the amateur satellite program!
> Subscription settings: https://www.amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb
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Message: 9
Date: Fri, 31 Jul 2020 00:03:49 +0000
From: Howie DeFelice <howied231@???????.???>
To: Dave Webb KB1PVH <kb1pvh@?????.???>, Howie DeFelice
<hdefelice@????.???????????.???>, AMSAT -BB <amsat-bb@?????.???>
Subject: Re: [amsat-bb] AMSAT Critical Election
Message-ID:
<MN2PR14MB3517F69B2F06FD600E6E022CE7710@?????????????.????????.????.???????.??
?>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8"
Hi Dave,
That is a great question. I asked a similar quest of Clayton Coleman last
year when AMSAT sent me a time critical email to an address I rarely used.
If AMSAT had an email list candidates should have access to it. The answer I
got was that AMSAT did not, and officially still does not apparently, have
an email list for members and he obtained my email from QRZ.com. AMSAT does
provide candidates with a mailing list that includes callsigns so I looked
up all the callsigns on the AMSAT mailing list in QRZ.com (over 2200 of
them) and did my own email broadcast. I did not use an outside firm and the
email list will be treated with the same rules that govern the mailing list
we were provided. I did have to lease access to a commercial smtp relay
service, buy some software and modify my web site DNS but it was a fraction
of the cost and much faster than sending snail mail. Welcome to the 21st
century ? The email had an unsubscribe link if you don't want to receive any
additional mail from m
e.
73,
Howie AB2S
________________________________
From: Dave Webb KB1PVH <kb1pvh@?????.???>
Sent: Thursday, July 30, 2020 1:59 PM
To: Howie DeFelice <hdefelice@????.???????????.???>; AMSAT -BB
<amsat-bb@?????.???>
Subject: Re: AMSAT Critical Election
Out of curiosity, did AMSAT supply email addresses to the candidates and if
not how did a candidate get email addresses of AMSAT members?
Dave-KB1PVH
Sent from my Galaxy S9
On Thu, Jul 30, 2020, 1:01 AM Howie DeFelice
<hdefelice@????.???????????.???<????????????????@????.???????????.???>> wrote:
Your vote will determine the future of AMSAT
My name is Howie DeFelice and I am running for the AMSAT board of
directors. You probably have read my short candidate statement that came
along with your ballot. You can find much more in depth information about me
and my ideas on my web site at
www.ab2s.freeservers.com<https://nam12.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=h
ttp%3A%2F%2Ftrack.smtpsendemail.com%2F9026972%2Fc%3Fp%3DEjQ7tXvsYnBDjFRcefprDe
K9ZMrjiwnhwu1PoCNwQCOhol0d6TOWC01wpinvMUNi7-98ONNxia1MR-IC7uyR23vVYx1tK1TCPnYK
m-2C3d9f2hbW2kfe04GG5yNT26N2qcRALnRe0WwVuOleo-bC5Q%3D%3D&data=02%7C01%7C%7C1bb
ae00e6e5b42aa491108d834b248ef%7C84df9e7fe9f640afb435aaaaaaaaaaaa%7C1%7C0%7C637
317287610480529&sdata=Tc8WiEs%2FpEYEcB15jlcqebSycWMh3aCeEzedlKe%2Fsc8%3D&reser
ved=0>.
I have received many emails and read many comments on the AMSAT-BB that
support the idea of moving the orgnization to a more proactive posture. I
have long felt there were a large segments of the membership that felt they
were not being heard and the comments I have been getting have proved that
to be true. If you are one of those that feel that AMSAT has become a
specialized contest club, that technical advancement is lagging and the
needs of ALL the membership are not being heard, now is your chance to make
a difference.
It's going to take a lot of hard work to get the organization back on it's
founding path and will require a majority of like minded individuals. We
need to add two more dedicated directors to the board this election to begin
making progress, like being able to call regular board meetings. Please
consider voting for me and my associates; Dr. Bob McGwire and Mr. Jeff
Johns. Your vote WILL make a difference.
Thank you for your time,
Howie DeFelice AB2S
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